Troy Beyer Paget Brewster Randi Ingerman Michaline Babich Tina Nguyen
Cinematography
Kelly Evans
Edited by
William Henry A. Michael Page
Music by
Jon Carpenter
Distributed by
Fine Line Features
Release date
September11,1998(1998-09-11)
Running time
82 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Let's Talk About Sex is a 1998 American dramatic film written, directed by, and starring Troy Beyer.[1] The film received generally negative reviews from critics.
Jazz (Troy Beyer) works as a newspaper advice columnist located in Miami, Florida. The movie takes place over the span of a long weekend in which she interviews many women about sex, to edit into a pilot episode for a show called "Girl Talk".[2]
MPAA controversy
The film was originally rated NC-17 by the MPAA, but was edited for an R-rating. According to Beyer, among other items the MPAA would have required to give the film a lower rating, Beyer was asked to remove a scene where a fully dressed woman licks a peach in demonstration of cunnilingus. Beyer says that the scene was "heartfelt... It wasn't vulgar or demeaning to anyone."[citation needed] Regarding her experience with the MPAA, Beyer said, "I felt violated. I felt raped artistically."[1]
Roger Ebert of RogerEbert.com gave the film a one-star negative review, criticising its portrayal of men.[2] Stephen Holden of The New York Times called the film an "entertaining hodgepodge of quasi-documentary, soft-core porn, sex farce and psychobabbling soap opera", but criticised its lack of focus.[3] Jonathan Rosenbaum of The Chicago Reader said the movie could be "phony" during big emotional scenes.[4]
1 2 Ebert, Roger (September 11, 1998). "Let's Talk About Sex". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on October 2, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
↑ Rosenbaum, Jonathan (August 31, 1998). "Let's Talk About Sex". Chicago Reader. Archived from the original on August 15, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
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